Monday Prayer:
Loving Lord God, I worship you. Amid the jumble of concerns, preoccupations, conflicts and confusions of life, send today your discerning Spirit, I pray, that I may rest in you, trust in you, and perceive you acting in my life and in your conflicted world. Amen.
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Every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old. — Jesus (Matthew 13:52)
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Christmas Day Prayer:
Lord God of time, history, and redemption: Thank you for the coming of Jesus, the one who takes away the sin of the world. As we sing of “fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains” repeating “the sounding joy” of Jesus’ reign, so may we today join all creation in praising you and joining you in mission. Amen.
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Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. The wild animals will honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my chosen people, the people whom I formed for myself so that they might declare my praise. — Isaiah 43:18-21
Tuesday Prayer:
Jesus, perfect Savior, I worship you today. When I am discouraged with myself for not being more like you, remind me of your promise to be in me and with me forever. Help me draw closer to my brothers and sisters in Christ, not to withdraw into myself, I pray. Strengthen me by your Spirit. Amen.
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Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.” — Matthew 13:31-32
Sunday Prayer:
Lord Jesus, as you have said to love one another the way you loved your disciples, I open my heart to the ministry of your Spirit that you would pour your love more fully into my heart. Holy Spirit, love others through me today. Strengthen my compassion and care for all your disciples and for all earth’s peoples, I pray. Amen.
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I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. — Jesus (John 13:34-35)
Friday Prayer:
O Lord, open the wisdom of your written Word to me daily, more and more. Give me that godly wisdom and perspective that come solely from you, so that I can freely dismiss all the distracting, misleading messages that constantly call to us through worldly media. Teach me your ways, O Lord, Living Word, Holy Spirit. Amen.
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Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother. — Jesus (Matthew 12:50)
Wednesday Prayer:
All praise be yours, Holy Three-One God! Blessed Father, awaken the church and the nations to your fiery holiness and your wrath toward sin. O Jesus, reveal your grace and transforming love in new ways today. Holy Spirit, convict us of our godlessness and self-focus and spiritual blindness. Awaken your church and remake your wandering world, I pray. Amen.
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Here is my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. . . . He will not break a bruised reed or quench a smoldering wick until he brings justice to victory.— Isaiah’s prophecy of Christ (Matthew 12:18, 20)
Sunday Prayer:
Lord God of truth, I worship you! Please keep me today from heedless and needless self-indulgence. May I be disciplined in my walk with you, and in all I do. Form Jesus’ steadfast, purposeful character in me by your Spirit and through your body, the church, I pray. Amen.
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The steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments. — Psalm 103:17-18
Friday Prayer:
O Lord, even as I worship you and seek to serve you, I know I am vulnerable to self-deception. So I commit myself fully, body and spirit, conscious and unconscious mind, into your hands. Purify my thoughts and intentions and imaginations, and work in all my life today, I pray. Amen.
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The Holy Spirit, by removing prejudice, by rooting out the selfishness of the heart, makes reason more reliable. . . .
One can be led by the Spirit, and at the same time exercise the strongest good sense, the soundest judgment. ‘The meek will he guide in judgment’ (Ps. 25:9). —B. T. Roberts, “Led by the Spirit,” The Earnest Christian, March 1883, p. 70.
Thursday Prayer:
O Lord, Holy One, I find time itself to be a mystery. Sequence and consequence march on, whatever I do or fail to do. Thank you that time and all times are in your hands, and that your good purposes are sure, within time and beyond. May I steward well the time and grace allotted me, I pray. Amen.
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Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. — Jesus (Matthew 10:39)
Tuesday Prayer:
Lord God of holy love and potent compassion, move among us in convicting power, I pray. Holy Lord, please send a great Holy Ghost, kingdom-of-God, nation-shaking, shalom-bringing healing revival. Work today in my life in ways consistent with your larger purposes, I pray. Amen.
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Come, let us return to the Lord; for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck down, and he will bind us up. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. — Hosea 6:1-2
Monday Prayer:
Lord, I am deeply conscious of your grace and compassion. Help me to remember also your justice and judgment, I pray, so that my trust does not become presumption or melt into cheap grace. Still, “in wrath may you remember mercy.” Let me live and rest in your truth. Amen.
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O Lord, I have heard of your renown, and I stand in awe, O Lord, of your work. In our own time revive it; in our own time make it known; in wrath may you remember mercy. — Habakkuk 3:2
Sunday Prayer:
Lord God, Blessed Holy Spirit, may your Word be interpreted properly in your church. Banish wrong teachings; expel false ideologies and alien doctrines. O Jesus, living Word, reveal yourself by your Spirit through the Scriptures in fresh and faithful ways, I pray, for you assure us that the Scriptures testify of you. Amen.
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The works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing, testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me. And the Father who sent me has himself testified on my behalf. . . . You search the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that testify on my behalf.— Jesus (John 5:36-37, 39)
Saturday Prayer:
Holy Lord of gardens and trees — of Eden and Olivet, Gethsemane, New Jerusalem — I worship you in and through your green creation in its beauty and agony and promise. O Lord, work your work; fulfill your plan; redeem your world quickly, I pray, as I wait patiently for you and for Jesus fully to be revealed. Amen.
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Let everything that breathes praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! — Psalm 150:6
Tuesday Prayer:
O Lord, in times when many people are in love with the idea of Jesus Christ but not really interested in discipleship, help me be a true and faithful follower of the Savior. By Spirit and Word make me a doer of the word and not a hearer only, I pray. Amen.
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Be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves. For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves in a mirror; for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they were like. But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act—they will be blessed in their doing. — James 1:22-25
First Sunday in Advent:
Gracious Father, in this Advent season please give your church a new openness, a new sensitivity, a new receptivity to your truth, your Spirit, your transforming power—to the true and only Messiah. Hear our prayer, O Lord. Amen.
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The Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth. . . . From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. — John 1:14, 16
Friday Prayer:
Loving Father, thank you for the gift of Jesus and the mysterious moving of your Spirit. Touch me today in body, mind, and spirit that I may be entirely and integrally yours and given to you and your good purposes, I pray. Amen.
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The Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him. — 2 Chronicles 30:9
Thursday Prayer:
O God, you know my heart. You know that my love for you is sincere, even if weak; and my walk with you is determined, even if stumbling. Strengthen me by your Spirit to walk in your ways and love as Jesus loved, I pray. Amen.
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God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult. — Psalm 46:1-3
Wednesday Prayer:
O Lord God of compassion, I am deeply troubled by the widespread suffering and pain in your world. I think of those in prison; people being tortured; children suffering abuse; people in lonely agony with none to help; women and children dying of famine. Help, Lord! Come in justice and mercy. Show me my healing work today, and may your kingdom come quickly, ending all wrong and injustice, I pray. Amen.
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[You O Lord] have been a refuge to the poor, a refuge to the needy in their distress, a shelter from the rainstorm and a shade from the heat. — Isaiah 25:4
Tuesday Prayer:
O Lord, give me evermore the spirit and mind of Mary, “Here I am, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” Amen.
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The angel Gabriel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God. And now, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month for her who was said to be barren. For nothing will be impossible with God.” Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” — Luke 1:35-38
Sunday Prayer:
Dear Lord, I bow before you in worship and praise. Fill me body, mind, and spirit for this day. Strengthen and give health of body; clarify and enlighten my mind; warm my heart and inflame me with your outreaching love, I pray. Amen.
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Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, obedient to his spoken word. Bless the Lord, all his hosts, his ministers that do his will. Bless the Lord, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the Lord, O my soul. — Psalm 103:20-22
Friday Prayer:
How beautiful, O Lord, how beautiful you are in yourself and in your manifestation in your works and wonders! I worship humbly before you, trusting your Spirit to guide and sustain me today in seeking to serve you. Praise be to you, Lord God. Amen.
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Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure. He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names. — Psalm 147:5, 4
Thursday Prayer:
When I consider vastness, O Lord—the universe, the intricacies of creation, the depths of the human heart and imagination—I turn to you in hope with my questions and wonderings. Holy Lord, I rest today in the vastness of your love and wisdom and power. Holy Spirit, help me trust fully in you this day, I pray. Amen.
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Praise the Lord! How good it is to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting. — Psalm 147:1
Wednesday Prayer:
O Lord my God, when I am filled with uncertainties, questions, or doubts, help me trust you fully. Hold me securely in your grace, I pray, through the power of the Risen One. Amen.
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The Lord sets the prisoners free; the Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous. The Lord watches over immigrants and aliens; he upholds the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. — Psalm 146:7b-9
Tuesday Prayer:
Lord, my joy is in you! Create in me a pure heart today. Keep me calmly in the profound simplicity of your grace, I pray. Amen.
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Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps faith forever; who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. — Psalm 146:5-7a
Sunday Prayer:
Thank you, Lord, for your rest. Dear Jesus, help me live a wholesome blend of discipline and simple trust, rigor and rest, reverent fear and childlike confidence. Holy Spirit, grow in me the fruit of faith and good works; of sincere effort and peaceful calm, I pray. Amen.
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I cry to you, O Lord; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” — Psalm 142:5
Saturday Prayer:
O God, you who reveal yourself in many ways—in dreams and visions, in sacred Scriptures, in your holy creation, in circumstances, providences, and chance conversations—make me by your Spirit attentive to your voice. Thank you for revealing your grace and truth in Jesus Christ. Blessed Lord, help me walk in your ways today, I pray. Amen.
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With my voice I cry to the Lord; with my voice I make supplication to the Lord. I pour out my complaint before him; I tell my trouble before him. When my spirit is faint, you know my way. — Psalm 142:1-3
Friday Prayer:
Lord God of hope and guided happenings, be in all the serendipities of this day. May they be your good providences, I pray. Lead me by your Spirit; give me eyes to see and wise courage to serve you in serving others. This I gratefully pray. Amen.
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My eyes are turned toward you, O God, my Lord; in you I seek refuge; do not leave me defenseless. — Psalm 141:8
Wednesday Prayer:
Lord God,
May all I do, and all I say,
Bring glory to your name today. Amen.
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Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips. — Psalm 141:3
Tuesday Prayer:
Holy Spirit, I bow now in worship. Energize me to serve you today, I pray. I ask not that you rid me of my passions, but rather stir up all my passions for the sake of your glory and the coming of your kingdom. Fill me with your passionate love and truth today, for Jesus’ sake. Amen.
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I call upon you, O Lord; come quickly to me; give ear to my voice when I call to you. Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice. — Psalm 141:1-2
Monday Prayer:
O God, I trust in you and wait for you. I see that when I pray, good “coincidences” happen. When I don’t, they don’t. Dear Jesus, hear my prayers and intercessions and supplications today, I pray in faith and expectancy. Amen.
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It is for you, O Lord, that I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer. — Psalm 38:15
Sunday Prayer:
Lord God of Creation, I worship you now, your glory my passion and your kingdom my goal. Lead me by your Spirit in the way of Jesus as I listen and seek to serve you. Help me live a well-ordered life to your glory. Fill me with love and sure direction this day, I pray. Amen.
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I know that the Lord maintains the cause of the needy, and executes justice for the poor. Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name; the upright shall live in your presence. (Psalm 140:12-13)
Saturday Prayer:
Lord God, Holy Trinity, for the sake of your kingdom’s coming on earth, assist me to serve you in ways that honor Jesus and are led by your Spirit. Increase my faith and my fidelity, I pray. I worship you today with all my being. Amen.
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I say to the Lord, “You are my God; give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my supplications.” — Psalm 140:6
Friday Prayer:
Thank you Lord for the assurance this day that because you are God and Jesus is Lord, "all will be well." This day, Lord, give me your grace, free me from all unholy distractions, and help me walk with you, led by the Spirit. I pray through Jesus, Lord, Savior, Healer, and Forerunner. Amen.
오늘 당신이 하나님이고 예수님이 주님이기 때문에 "모든 것이 잘 될 것"이라는 확신을 주신 주님 께 감사드립니다.
주님 저에게 당신의 은혜를 주셔서 모든 거룩하지 못한 저를 산만하게 하는 것으로 자유케 하여 주시고 주님의 성령의 인도하심에 따라 주님과 동행할 수 있도록 도와주시길 주님, 구주, 치유자, 선구자이신 예수님을 의지해서 기도드립니다. 아멘.
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“[Jesus said to me] most reassuringly:
I am able to make everything well, and
I know how to make everything well, and
I wish to make everything well, and
I shall make everything well; and
You shall see for yourself that all manner of things shall be well.”
— Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love (2015 ed.), 69-70.
Thursday Prayer:
Lord God, Sovereign Creator, Master of worlds, I bow my heart in awe-filled worship. In difficult days, help me trust fully in you. Lord Jesus, may I never lose the vision of your kingdom. Holy Spirit, let not our hope fade or the vision of all creation healed grow dim. Help me walk faithfully, hopefully, confidently in your ways today and be a bearer of Good News, I pray. Amen.
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Early in the morning [Jesus] came walking toward them on the sea. But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out in fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them and said, “Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid.” — Matthew 14:25-27
Wednesday Prayer:
Loving Lord God, I worship you. Amid the jumble of concerns, preoccupations, conflicts and confusions of life, send today your discerning Spirit, I pray, that I may rest in you, trust in you, and perceive you acting in my life and in your conflicted world. Amen.
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Every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old. — Jesus (Matthew 13:52)
TUESDAY PRAYER:
Lord God, as I begin this day with you, I draw all the divergent lines of thought and care together in focus on you, your love, your subtle guidance, your calm. I rest in you. “When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul” (Ps 94.19). Praise and honor be yours today, Lord Jesus.
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The righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let anyone with ears listen! — Jesus (Matthew 33:43)
All Saints Day:
O God, your faithful servants have suffered and persevered as they served you all down through the years. Thank you for all saints and martyrs who have gone before. Help me by your Spirit to be your steadfast servant and witness in all I do this day, I pray through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who endured the cross and was made “perfect through sufferings” (Hebrews 2:10). Amen.
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Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. — Hebrews 12:1-2
Friday Prayer:
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of the heavenly realms! Surely the whole earth is full of your glory. Lord of justice and covenant, fortify my faith and fidelity this day. May I may honor you, walk in your ways, and fulfill the vocation you give me and all your people, I pray. Amen.
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The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. — Psalm 46:11
Thursday Prayer:
Jesus, perfect Savior, I worship you today. When I am discouraged with myself for not being more like you, remind me of your promise to be in me and with me forever. Help me draw closer to my brothers and sisters in Christ, not to withdraw into myself, I pray. Strengthen me by your Spirit. Amen.
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[Jesus] put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.” — Matthew 13:31-32
세상의 유일한 소망이시고 구원자이신 예수님,
제가 주님을 경배합니다.
모든 사람들 가운데 주님이 존귀함을 받기를 간절히 소망합니다.
사랑하시는 하나님
주님의 복음의 말씀이 열방 가운데 빨리 전해지기를 간구합니다.
주님의 나라가 온전히 이땅에 임하는 그날이 빨리 오기를 사모하며
이날 주님 나라를 확장케하는 작은 도구로 살아갈 수 있도록 도와주시길 기도드립니다. 아멘.
Wednesday Prayer:
Great God of the universe, I pray that small as I am, weak as I am, ignorant as I am, my life may this day in some way by grace be strategic for the coming of your kingdom on earth. In Jesus by the Spirit I pray. Amen.
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As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty. — Jesus (Matthew 13:23)
Tuesday Prayer:
O Lord, open the wisdom of your written Word to me daily, more and more. Give me that godly wisdom and perspective that come solely from you, so that I can freely dismiss all the distracting, misleading messages that constantly call to us through worldly media. Teach me your ways, O Lord, Living Word, Holy Spirit. Amen.
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Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother. — Jesus (Matthew 12:50)
Monday Prayer:
Sovereign Spirit, as you have firmly promised that the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea, so expand my hope and vision that my life may be a true if small sign that your promises are unshakable, I pray. Amen.
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The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze, their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder’s den. They will not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. — Isaiah 11:6-9
Sunday Prayer:
All praise be yours, Holy Three-One God! Blessed Father, awaken the church and the nations to your fiery holiness and your wrath toward sin. O Jesus, reveal your grace and transforming love in new ways today. Holy Spirit, convict us of our godlessness and self-focus and spiritual blindness. Awaken your church and remake your wandering world, I pray. Amen.
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Here is my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. . . . He will not break a bruised reed or quench a smoldering wick until he brings justice to victory. — Isaiah’s prophecy of Christ (Matthew 12:18, 20)
Saturday Prayer:
Thank you, Lord God, for the promise, and the frequent fulfillment throughout history, of “times of refreshing” from the Lord. Blessed Holy Spirit, grant again a renewal and refreshing to your church! Lord Jesus, live in my life today, that I may by your Spirit draw upon your gift of life and live in the refreshing dews of your Spirit, I pray. Amen.
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God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer. Repent therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Messiah appointed for you, that is, Jesus, who must remain in heaven until the time of universal restoration that God announced long ago through his holy prophets. — Acts 3:18-21
Friday Prayer:
Holy God of love and grace, I worship you and open my heart to receive the grace you have for me today. Precious Jesus, fill me with your love. Blessed Holy Spirit, give me the mind of Christ, the compassion of God that sent Jesus into the world, I pray, that my life this day may be lived to your glory. Amen.
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Let my cry come before you, O Lord; give me understanding according to your word. Let my supplication come before you; deliver me according to your promise. — Psalm 119:169-70
Thursday Prayer:
Lord Jesus, you call your disciples to be servants of others and stewards of the earth. You were among us as one who serves. Help me, Lord, to be a servant of you, other people, and your good creation, even when I would much rather serve myself or be served. Holy Spirit, make me a servant, I pray. May I be like Jesus today. Amen.
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You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God, I will extol you. O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. — Psalm 118:28-29
Monday Prayer:
Blessed Word of God, I thank you that you became incarnate, taking on flesh and blood and pain so that the whole world might be redeemed and healed. Precious Jesus, my trust and faith are in you this day, and all days. Holy Spirit, live and act in my life that the life of Jesus may be truly incarnate in all I do and say, I pray to the glory of God the Father. Amen.
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[The Lord] has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the lives of the needy. From oppression and violence he redeems their life; and precious is their blood in his sight. — Psalm 72:13-14
